Interview in review: Interview 2

My second interview was with Andrew Wagner, who is a graduate student that focused his graduate paper on net neutrality. Andrew's interview was just under 20 minutes and was probably the most helpful interview I conducted through the entire project. Here are a few things I got from the interview.

1. Andrew's interest in doing his paper over net neutrality came from his interest in in Internet commerce, or the easy availability to buy nearly anything with a computer. 
2. The economic issues surrounding the Internet has been around for over 200 years in the form of the railroad.
3. The current net neutrality rules basically say that everyone deserves the chance to have their voice heard and preferential treatment is not allowed. In other words, anyone can start up a website free of charge, encouraging innovation. 
4. The SOPA and PIPA bills could potentially violate the net neutrality laws that have been laid down.
5. If it costs to start up a website, sites like Facebook may have never been created due to the costs of starting it up. 
6. Most of the Internet websites were created by individual people and not large corporations, a product of the net neutrality rules in place. 
7. The net neutrality rules keep companies like Verizon and Comcast from offering specialized networking and creates competition that benefits the average consumer. 
8. A lot of the companies against the SOPA and PIPA bills were companies that benefited from the net neutrality rules. 
9. Is it fair to punish the websites like Google for links to illegal sites?
10. Net neutrality rules may need to be expanded as the Internet continues to evolve, only for certain circumstances though. 

Here is a link to Andrew's paper which goes into more detail. 

http://krex.k-state.edu/dspace/handle/2097/13598